Completely owned

Well, I had an Adeptus Titanicus game today, after the nerf of the Acastus Knights, to see if I can still play them in their current form.



In short, I got absolutely crushed by my opponent. Even though I fielded 2 Warlord Titans as reinforcement to my Knight Household Army (a Lance of 4 Cerastus Knights and 2 banners of 3 Questoris Knights) and an auxiliary Acastus Knight banner, I was totally tabled by the end of turn 4. I lost my plasma Warlord Titan by turn 2 without firing a single shot (I used Full Stride in the first turn), probably because I failed all my void shield saves. And then I lost my Acastus Knights and a bunch of Knights by turns 3 and 4, and...yeah...in return for my troubles, I only took out a single Cerastus Knight banner, injured a Warhound and maybe took out the void shields of the Nemesis Warbringer...actually, I don't think I even took out those shields. I think he suffered a void shield burnout after his heat reached critical levels. Never mind.



Looks like I need to change my strategy. Oh, for those of you interested, my opponent brought an Axiom maniple of 2 Warhounds, a Reaver and a Warlord, a reinforcement Nemesis Warbringer Titan, an Acastus Knight and 2 Knight Lancers. That was more than enough to destroy me.



Looks like I need to either re-think my strategy or alter my list further. Maybe get more Knight Lances? Since I'll be getting the Cerastus Knight Castigators (and I plan to magnetize them with the Acherons if possible), I have more room to play around. Should I give up on the Acastus Knights? Or should I focus on playing a Titan maniple with Knight banner support? Nah...I like my Knight Household Army. We'll see. I'll figure something out...eventually.



After the match, instead of licking my wounds, I went and painted my new Skitarii. So now I have 6 troops - 2 squads of Skitarii Rangers with 2 arc rifles and omnispex each, and the Alphas equipped with arc maul and arc pistol, 2 squads of Skitarii Rangers with 2 transuranic arquebuses and omnispex each, and 2 squads of Skitarii Vanguard with 2 plasma calivers and omnispex each, and the Alphas equipped with taser goads and phosphor blast pistols. I don't know how effective they will be, but I plan to build a Skitarii Brigade to support my Knights. We'll see how it turns out, but I'm not very confident. Oh, well...



I'll try to get them based this weekend! I still like the Martian iron soil (or was it Martian iron earth?). Anyway, I'll have a game again tomorrow, but I'll be bringing my Thousand Sons instead of Skitarii since I want to try out my favorite psychic powers. That's why I'm not writing too much for today - because I need to turn in early in preparation for two games tomorrow! I'll see you next time!